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Births by Sex and Sex Ratio

The following table shows the number and ratio of live births in the United States from 1983 to 2008, according to the sex and race of each birth. For data on sex ratio at birth, see Sex Ratio at Birth.

Total1

White2

Black2

Year

Male

Female

Males per1,000 females

Male

Female

Males per1,000 females

Male

Female

Males per1,000 females

1983

1,865,553

1,773,380

1,052

1,492,385

1,411,865

1,057

297,011

289,016

1,028

1984

1,879,490

1,789,651

1,050

1,500,326

1,423,176

1,054

300,951

291,794

1,031

1985

1,927,983

1,832,578

1,052

1,536,646

1,454,727

1,056

308,575

299,618

1,030

1986

1,924,868

1,831,679

1,051

1,523,914

1,446,525

1,053

315,788

305,433

1,034

1987

1,951,153

1,858,241

1,050

1,535,517

1,456,971

1,054

325,259

316,308

1,028

1988

2,002,424

1,907,086

1,050

1,562,675

1,483,487

1,053

341,441

330,535

1,033

1989

2,069,490

1,971,468

1,050

1,606,757

1,525,234

1,053

360,131

349,264

1,031

1990

2,129,495

2,028,717

1,050

1,654,928

1,570,415

1,054

367,455

357,121

1,029

1991

2,101,518

2,009,389

1,046

1,659,077

1,582,196

1,049

346,455

336,147

1,031

1992

2,082,097

1,982,917

1,050

1,641,811

1,559,867

1,053

342,726

330,907

1,036

1993

2,048,861

1,951,379

1,050

1,616,332

1,533,501

1,054

333,984

324,891

1,028

1994

2,022,589

1,930,178

1,048

1,599,803

1,521,401

1,051

322,554

313,837

1,028

1995

1,996,355

1,930,234

1,049

1,588,427

1,510,458

1,052

308,115

297,024

1,031

1996

1,990,480

1,901,014

1,047

-

-

1,050

-

-

1,028

1997

1,985,596

1,895,298

1,048

-

-

1,052

-

-

1,031

1998

2,016,205

1,925,348

1,047

-

-

1,052

-

-

1,034

1999

2,026,854

1,932,563

1,049

-

-

1,052

-

-

1,031

2000

2,076,969

1,981,845

1,048

-

-

1,050

-

-

1,031

2001

2,057,922

1,968,011

1,046

-

-

1,047

-

-

1,032

2002

2,057,979

1,963,747

1,048

-

-

1,054

-

-

1,032

2003

2,093,535

1,996,415

1,049

-

-

1,050

-

-

1,036

2008

2,173,000

2,074,000

1,050

-

-

1,050

-

-

1,033

NOTES: Excludes births to nonresidents of U.S. (-) Data not available.